FP Desktop Professional Software

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1 FP Desktop Professional Software Handbook

2 Content Introduction ) Installation ) First Steps... 6 Login... 6 Premium Account... 8 USB Bluetooth Dongle ) Create measurement report ) Offline Mode ) Read out any device ) Sharing measurement data ) Additional Information FloorProtector software cannot detect a device Bluetooth scanner app HMBox: GSM / Bluetooth usage

3 Introduction Welcome to FloorProtector! We are glad that you have chosen to use one of our products. In this document we will inform you about the functions of our new FP Desktop Professional software. If you have already used one of our current mobile IOS or Android applications, you will feel familiar with the desktop software immediately. This handbook will specifically explain topics regarding the new desktop software, so we would like to inform you about our other guides for our similar mobile Fidbox - and HMBox-apps. You can access all our manuals on our homepage The FP Desktop Professional software is a Google Chrome Packaged App. This means, that it is mandatory to have the Google Chrome Web Browser installed. The software can exclusively be downloaded and installed with this browser. The FP Desktop Professional software is meant to be installed on a PC or a notebook. It cannot be installed on a smartphone or a tablet device. The following operating systems are supported: Windows 7/8/10 Mac OS Linux Chrome OS 2

4 1) Installation To start the installation process, visit our homepage with the Google Chrome Web Browser. On the startpage click on the Software -link below the flag of your desired language. (Note: It does not matter if you click Software in the Fidbox or HMBox section, the software you will download is the same. Using the FP Desktop Professional application, you can manage all your different FloorProtector devices at once.) Image 1: start page Click on Software -link You will be redirected to the following screen. If you have opened the website with the Google Chrome Web Browser simply click the I am using Chrome button. If not, please follow the link to download and install the Google Chrome Web Browser. Image 2: Software Installation Step 1 Ensuring that you are using the Google Chrome Web Browser 3

5 If you are using the Windows Operating System, you will be redirected to the following page. Follow the steps to install the drivers for our Bluetooth Dongle. This Dongle will later be necessary to make connections to your FloorProtector devices. Confirm that you have successfully installed the drivers by clicking the I have installed the drivers button. (Note: Under Mac OS these drivers do not have to be installed, so this page is skipped.) Image 3: Software Installation Step 2 Installation of the USB Bluetooth Dongle drivers You will be redirected to the last screen of the installation process. Here you have to click on the Add application to Chrome button to add the FP Desktop Professional software to your Chrome Apps. In the following popup click Add App to start the download and installation of the application. Image 4: Software Installation Step 3 Add FP Desktop Professional to your Chrome Apps Image 5: Software Installation Step 4 - Add App 4

6 Image 6: FP Desktop Professional has successfully been installed After the installation process is complete, you can find FP Desktop Professional in your Google Chrome apps. You can browse your Google Chrome apps by clicking the Apps button in your Google Chrome bookmark bar. By right-clicking the FP Desktop app you can create a shortcut to your desktop, to make finding the application easier in the future. Image 7: Google Chrome Apps Finding the FP Desktop Professional application 5

7 2) First Steps Login After starting the FP Desktop Professional software, you will find yourself in the login area. To use the application you need a valid FloorProtector user account. If you have already worked with one of our mobile apps before, you log in with your familiar username and password. If you need a new account, click the Register now button. Image 8: Login area Register now button for new user accounts When you click the Login button for the first time, you will be asked to log in to your Google Chrome Web Browser with your Google user account. (Note: Unless you are already logged into Chrome) This will be necessary to purchase several in-app products later (e.g. Premium Account, SIM card time extension, etc.). Image 9: Login to Google Chrome Web Browser with your Google user account 6

8 After the first login you will be greeted by this message. (1) The following is only relevant for HMBox users: To be able to log in to your HMBox mobile app, you have to log in to the FP Desktop Professional application at least once. The message after your first login informs you, that your user account is now ready to use with the HMBox mobile app. If you have logged in with a new user account, that does not have any devices assigned to it yet, you will also see this message (2). This is a simple reminder that you have to add your FloorProtector devices to your account, using either the mobile app or FP Desktop Professional. To be able to make a connection from the desktop application to one of your FloorProtector devices, you need the USB Bluetooth Dongle. The dongle will be sent to you, once you have purchased the premium version for your user account. You can test the software for free for 30 days (3). You can find more information regarding this topic, in the section Premium Account in this document. Image 10: Application screen after the first login 7

9 Premium Account After the initial free trial period of 30 days has expired, the application will only provide the following functionalities: 1. Listing all your FloorProtector devices 2. Purchasing SIM card time extensions for HMBoxes (This will be necessary after the first free year of using the HMBox is over) The following functions will only be available, if you have a valid premium account and the USB Bluetooth Dongle plugged in: 1. Analyzing measurement data of your FloorProtector devices (Charts, Tables, Reports, etc.) 2. Starting and stopping HMBox measurements (You can ALWAYS do this with your mobile HMBox App! There it does not matter, if you have a premium account or not.) 3. Offline synchronization 4. Read out any device If you have already previously purchased the older version of the desktop software, please us at office@floorprotector.at - We will upgrade your user account to the premium version for free for the first 12 months of usage. To purchase a premium account navigate to the settings section, by clicking on the Settings button in the lower bar. Here you will find the FloorProtector shop. To be able to use the shop, you have to be logged in to your Google Chrome Web Browser with your Google user account. If you have not done that during the login process to the FP Desktop Professional software, you can do it now, by clicking the Google Login button. Image 11: Google login 8

10 After you have logged into your Google Chrome Web Browser with your Google user account you have to acknowledge the following 2 dialogs, to grant FP Desktop Professional certain permissions. Image 12: Google login Grant permissions 1 Image 12: Google login Grant permissions 2 You now have access to the available products in the FloorProtector shop. (Note: Sometimes the desktop app does not acknowledge the Google login. In this case please click the Google Login button [Image 11] one more time, to tell the application, that you have already logged in to Google.) By clicking the dollar symbol next to the product FP Desktop Professional Premium you can now upgrade your user account to the premium version. Image 13: Purchasing premium version 9

11 USB Bluetooth Dongle To be able to make a connection between the FP Desktop Professional software and one of your FloorProtector devices, you need the USB Bluetooth dongle. The dongle will be sent to you, once you upgrade your user account to the premium version. During the login process the application will always check if the Bluetooth Dongle is plugged into your computer. If you have plugged in the dongle after logging in, press the button Check (2) in the settings section. If you already own a FloorProtector USB Reader from the older version of the desktop software, please follow these steps: 1. Plug the dongle into your computer 2. Navigate to the settings section of the FP Desktop Professional software 3. Click the button Update USB Dongle (1) 4. Wait till the update process is complete 5. Click the Check USB dongle button (2) 6. Make sure the dongle was identified correctly (Image 16) Image 14: Update and check USB Bluetooth dongle Image 15: USB Bluetooth dongle has been identified successfully 10

12 3) Create measurement report 1) Select the desired device from your device list 2) If you want to report on a limited time period click Chart and drag the sliders on the chart time line to the time range you want to include in your report 3) Click Report (1) 4) Enter necessary report data 5) Add or adjust additional details such as Flooring Label, Screed Type, Company Name, Logo and Comment (Only one comment line is printed!) 6) Adjust the sliders to set the limits that you want to show on the graphs for temperature and humidity 7) Select the elements that shall be included in the report (2) 8) Click the Create Report button (3) Image 16: Create measurement report 11

13 4) Offline Mode The Offline Mode is for situations, where you would like to read out measurement data from a FloorProtector device, but have no available internet connection. You can navigate to the Offline Mode section from the login screen. Image 17: Navigating to the Offline Mode section 12

14 Procedure: 1. Select the device type of the FloorProtector device that you want to synchronize (1) 2. Enter the serial number of the device (2) 3. Click the Synchronize button (3) 4. After a successful synchronization the results will be saved to a.txt-file to your Downloads folder 5. The measurement data will be displayed in a table in the visualization area (4) 6. The Offline part is complete 7. If you have access to the internet again, navigate to the Offline Mode section one more time 8. Import the measurement data, that you have synchronized offline previously (The.txt-file in your Downloads folder!) (5) 9. Upload the measurement data to the database, by clicking the button with the cloud icon on it (6). If the offline synchronized device is assigned to another user account, you can share the measurement data with your personal account, by entering your address. If the offline synchronized device is currently not assigned to a user account, you can add it to your own account by entering your address. Image 18: "Offline Mode section 13

15 5) Read out any device The FP Desktop Professional software enables you to read out the measurement data of any FloorProtector device, even though it may not be connected to your user account. After reading out the data you will have the option to analyse the data and create a report ONCE. The difference to the previously explained Offline Mode is, that this is a just a simple and quick way to read out measurement data of a device, if you have an internet connection. If you want to share the measurement data with your own user account for future analysis, please use the Offline Mode. Procedure: 1. Click the Read out any device button in the device section (1) 2. Enter the serial number of the device you want to read out and press start (2) Image 19: Read out any device 14

16 6) Sharing measurement data To make measurement data available for other users, we developed a method to share the data. You can use this functionality in the FP Desktop Professional Software and our mobile apps. Procedure: 1. Click the Settings button (1) of the device you want to share (in your device list) 2. Scroll to the bottom and click the Share data button (2) 3. Enter the address of the user account, that you want to share your data with (3) 4. Click the Share button (4) Three important aspects of data sharing: 1. You can only share your measurement data with other persons who have a FloorProtector user account. We are not sending out actual s! The user account will see the device that is being shared with him in his device list (5). 2. Only ACTIVE measurements can be viewed of a shared HMBox. 3. Both the sharer and the receiver of a sharing relationship can end it, by clicking on the button with the X icon (6). 15

17 7) Additional Information FloorProtector software cannot detect a device Bluetooth scanner app If you are having problems connecting to one of our devices, you can determine if it is sending correctly using a mobile Bluetooth scanner app (e.g. LightBlue [ios] or Bluetooth LE Scanner [Android]). These apps search the near vicinity for active Bluetooth connections and should also detect your Fidboxes and HMBoxes. Please note, that an HMBox only wakes up every 2 minutes for 30 seconds. In that time it is sending via Bluetooth. A Fidbox has 2 different modes. When being shipped, it will wake up every 8 minutes for 30 seconds. Once it has been added to a user account, it will switch to the so called Daily Mode. In Daily Mode the Fidbox will only wake up during a customizable daily 2 hour time window every 2 minutes for 30 seconds. HMBox: GSM / Bluetooth usage The GSM module of an HMBox is sending measured data to our servers two times a day, so you can access the data from anywhere in the world using our mobile app or desktop software. Some users falsely assume, that they can also activate and deactivate HMBox measurements over the internet. This is WRONG! To start or stop a measurement you have to be near the actual device and use a Bluetooth connection. 16